The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit ...

On Jan. 22, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 5, marking the first time the Apollo Lunar Module flew in space and a critical step toward landing astronauts on the Moon.

Currently, the life support systems of the PTK NP spacecraft are awaiting interdepartmental tests, Alexander Tsygankov added ...

As part of the Russian lunar program, two Luna-27 landers will be launched to the Earth's satellite. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov at a meeting with the heads of the space ...

Russia has pushed back its Luna missions and shifted focus to a China-backed lunar base, with plans to deploy a nuclear power ...

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into space to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...

Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it became ...

China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

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